Florida governor to investigate GoFundMe over Canada trucker donations

Post by gjsman-1000 » Sat, Feb 05, 2022, 8:27 PM UTC

defaultname wrote: post #198

This sort of discussion never goes well, but using GoFundMe to finance occupations, especially across national borders , is an incredibly dangerous game. If a GoFundMe to harrass and harangue Ron DeSantis -- to effectively sponsor people to park outside his home and blast horns, among other things -- would he be okay with that? How about if Canadians paid millions for people to park on US interstates? Is that okay? T…

Post by culi » Sat, Feb 05, 2022, 8:29 PM UTC

mc32 wrote: post #32

throwawaysea wrote: post #4

Apparently Elon Musk also got involved and called GoFundMe “professional thieves”, because they were going to redirect donations intended for Canadian protesters to other (likely left leaning) causes: https://nypost.com/2022/02/05/elon-musk-gofundme-professiona... He also called out their double standard for claiming to not support protests that aren’t peaceful after they funded so many violent riots and illegal acti…

Go fund me deserves all the flak they receive. Redirecting donations intended for one cause to causes of their choosing is fraudulent. If they have an issue with a cause, which should be stipulated in their ToCs up front and not subject to inflight changes, then refund all donors to the best of their ability.

Post by seanw444 » Sat, Feb 05, 2022, 8:30 PM UTC

Mikeb85 wrote: post #111

16012022 wrote: post #25

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It’s a private company, it absolutely does not need to be neutral. They can choose any side they want. If you don’t like it, don’t use their platform. Gosh, when did the notion of private firms got so mixed up with so-called political neutrality? Are people this naïve?

> It’s a private company, it absolutely does not need to be neutral. Then state that they're not neutral on the TOS and don't accept funds. They accepted funds and then tried to straight up steal them.

Post by defaultname » Sat, Feb 05, 2022, 8:30 PM UTC

blast wrote: post #266

6d6b73 wrote: post #233

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It's a protest not an occupation

It's obviously a peaceful protest*. The word "occupation" here is already spin from the side that wants to shut it down and is trying to build a case for doing so. Peaceful protest involves physically assembling and making noise. That is no doubt unpleasant both for those who disagree with the protestors and those who live in the neighborhood, but the right to do this in public is fundamental and vital in democratic…

Post by coryrc » Sat, Feb 05, 2022, 8:31 PM UTC

verve_rat wrote: post #205

spookthesunset wrote: post #147

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Public health “experts” have done very little to quell fearful vaccinated people. In my opinion some of the worst anti-vaxx propaganda comes right from these health departments. If you are vaccinated, you are done with the pandemic. Morally, ethically, and practically. You should be allowed to return to actual, pre-pandemic normal. End of story.

Even if you are vaccinated you can still get sick. The chances are reduced, but you can still end up in hospital, you could still die. If enough people still get sick at once there could still be a collapse in a local health system due to overloading. Given the uncertainty with new variations of COVID isn't it better to err on the side of caution and try to protect both the health systems and as many people at once?